Parkland, U.S.A.

"Some teachers are retired military and law enforcement and would not hesitate to protect our children."

"But, you will be apart of innocent children and teachers being defenseless against a killer??? No Gun Zone = Invitation to criminals and psychos."

"It's so obvious that liberals don't care about protecting children."

"We value life and want our children to LIVE. If you don’t want to carry that is fine, there are teachers already trained and equipped to protect."

"You obviously don’t care enough to do whatever it takes to protect your kids!"

"No says the voice of the fricken teachers union ..."

"There will be other teachers who love their students (and yours) enough to do whatever possible to protect them!"

"It takes an average of eight minutes for first responders to arrive...our children don’t have that long to wait."

"Let your co-workers who are willing to be a last line of defense do so as you are helping evacuate more children safety."

"Good, we don’t need any more chicken shits “educating” our kids!"

"Stay the hell out of the middle American states, you would probably melt down when you realize just how much Guns are part of life out here!  Where do I send the case of paper towels to wipe you up when you melt down!"

"Yeah, I was just told by a police officer that I'm being selfish for not wanting to defend my students."

"Some teachers and staff DO want to protect the kids and we should let them."

I could feel the tide turning pretty quickly.  If you have some doubts about adding "armed guard" to your list of duties during the workday, you are a teacher who doesn't really care about kids.  You know, the same way you don't really care about kids if you want to get paid for your work.  Or if you don't buy your students school supplies out of your own paycheck.  If you don't spend weekends raising money for the school.  You really don't care.  You really don't have a 'passion' for this, do you?

I expect you to have gone to the best schools.  I expect that you have experience teaching in the best schools. I expect you to teach my child all day, exactly to my specifications, because though you went to the best schools, I know what's best.  I expect you to support my child emotionally, answer all of my emails within minutes, and perform the services of an armed guard.  I expect you to take a bullet for my child.  THAT IS WHAT A GOOD TEACHER WOULD DO.  Someone who really cares.  

If I do not expect this of you, it is because there is something wrong with you and you could never be trusted anyway.  Everyone knows teachers are idiots.  

"My mind goes straight to a teacher having a breakdown and my kids locked in that room with that gun."

"A good number of teachers are on medication for anxiety and depression."

"And the teachers' lounge is essential a bar, or so I've heard."

Sometimes I wish the teachers' lounge really was a bar.